he would at the very least be practicing. It’s been almost a full season and he can’t even get on the practice field outside of jogging with some trainers on the side. You run this risk with any gigantic human you rely on to play sports… there’s a lot more risk of injury especially in football. One of the many reasons I was so against taking him in general, let alone wanting superstar receiver CeeDee lamb over him. this is going to be one that we look back on in 15 years and it’s going to be in the pantheon of all time great Jets draft fuck ups.
Maybe he’s getting the Mims treatment, let him learn the whole play book and the responsibility of all the offensive linemen on every formation before throwing him back out there.
I know it was a tough injury, but I had a bad feeling when Lafleur is calling this guy out in public. Honestly though he was playing well before the injury, maybe their just letting him get 100%, better be safe than sorry type of situation and we are reading too much into it.
Again, I wouldn't just dump him, but if Douglas got an "Adams-like" offer, I'd want him to take it. Becton may never get seriously hurt again, and become an All Pro, but the odds are against that IMO. More likely he's going to miss multiple games every year due to some complication of his immense size - not even talking about him being overweight, just the wear and tear of playing a physically demanding, high contact sport is likely to cause him injury. Of course there's the risk that Becton goes on to have a HOF career with some other team, but again, the odds are greater that he suffers a career-ending injury and the Jets are left with nothing in return.
I don't think we'd even get a "Braden Mann-like" offer for Becton right now. He's accomplished little to nothing in two years and missed an entire year, for all intents and purposes. Maybe he'll turn it around but it's looking like he's just another bust from the worst draft class I can remember outside of Idzik.
It also makes you a lazy, snack munching cunt and I'm sure we don't want Becton being one of those. Having 9 pints of Stella is an incredible pain killer but also not so great for a professional athlete, as you state these boys just like to get stoned, for those that say it isn't an addictive drug, it is also odd that these guys can't put it to one side for their very short careers.
His value is at all time low right now. Don't forget, he had a pretty bad training camp too before what looks like a season ending injury in game 1. It wasn't like Lawson, who looked like a stud, but got hurt. Becton is very much a huge question mark right now whether he can be a long term answer at LT. Not getting much back in a trade, just gotta hope he recovers and actually has a decent training camp next year to be ready for 2022.
Which is absolutely fine. Buuuuuuut, if you know failing the combine drug test is going to negatively affect how teams view you (which it will) and you still can't abstain for 3 weeks then it says a lot about your discipline and dedication. There's probably a lot of crossover with this and the weight issue too. At risk of coming off as too big a Becton hater - I just think he's an idiot. I've thought this ever since he was openly supporting trading Darnold on social media last offseason. We all knew Darnold had to go, but to be openly supporting it on social media as his teammate? The guy is a moron.
Yeah, he probably won't fetch an Adams-like offer, but LTs are very hard to come by and some team who needs one will pay a premium despite the questions.
Can you dial back the "cunt" usage? I know it's a common term over there, but it's not over here. I find it cringe worthy. I think it would be a huge mistake to give up on Becton. He was a good player as a rookie and he's been hurt all year. I don't think we've come close to seeing the best of him.
I don't think we know yet. The injury he suffered this year was a freak occurrence and could have happened to anybody. Moore has been injured several times. Is anyone talking about moving him because he's "injury prone?" You know what I'm saying.
There are tons of guys that "can" be very good. There are tons of guys who are really big and can run really fast in a straight line. Being good at football is a whole different conversation. Lateral agility matters. Technique matters. Work ethic matters. Intelligence matters. Being a good teammate matters. Becton was OK as a rookie. He was relatively good at run blocking and quite bad at pass blocking. Even if we put the numerous injury/off field concerns aside he wasn't exactly great or even especially good last year. Even if we completely discount his most recent injury as being a fluke, Becton had suffered chest, foot, and head injuries that caused him to miss time before this season even began. Becton isn't just big, he is one of the ten heaviest guys to ever play the sport. Those guys do not generally become less injury prone as they rack up injuries. We're seeing it now where Becton is likely going to miss an entire season for a 4-8 week injury. It's taking him twice as long as the high end of the range to recover. Then we have the reports out of camp that he was getting roasted all offseason and was very quick to quit in general. We have the failed combine drug test. We can all hope the lightbulb goes off and he turns things around but what good reason do we have to think that'll actually happen? What we hope happens and what is most likely to happen based on the bulk of the evidence are two very different things.
By all means if there isn't a great trade offer out there for him, give him a chance. He's shown potential when he's been out there. I wouldn't hand him the job though, he has to earn it like everyone else.
Becton might find himself at right tackle with the way Fant played this year. Fant's one game at rt tackle he was horrible.
He plays RT but he might already be the best RT in the NFL and never gets hurt. It's reasonable to think he'd have made a significantly better LT than Becton currently is.
